Roaster



Feb. 21, 192s. 1,660,226

R. R. HEFFNER ROASTER Filed April 27. 1927 O O O C O O O gaf /22INVENTOR I .Y

ATTORNEY Para@ Fa.. 211928. 1,660,226.-

UNITED ,STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUTH REA HEFFNEB, OF CLEABFIELD, EENNSYLVANIA.

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Application med api-i1 27, i927. seriai No. 186,991.

y invention relates to a cooking utensil, the center ofjtlie body 10. Adrip drawer primarily adapted for roasting and having 18 is provided,slidable into or out of the provision for receiving a cooking pot inbody 10, at the bottom. which boiled foods may be cooked. The cover 11has depending pins or equiv- 45 The general object of my invention is toalent drip elements 19 on the under side provide a novel roastereffective `for roastthereof, on which moisture will collect and ing andalso for boiling foods, of simple then drip to the food supported in thepan construction and arranged to be easily Von the perforated plate 13.The cover 11 cleaned as well as readily accessible for ob is providedwith vent openings 20 adapted to 5g serving the cooking as itprogresses. be exposed to a greater or less extent by a Reference is tobe had to the accompanyslide 21 (Figure el). v ing drawings forming apart of this specifi- TWith the above described construction, a

cation, it being understood that the drawpan containing the food to beroastedl is ings are merely illustrative of one example placed on the4perforated partition 13. Any 55 of the invention. drip passingdownwardly thi'ouglithe plate Figure 1 is a longitudinal verticalsection 13 is deflected by the drip iianges 17 and of a roasterembodying my invention. directed to the drawer 18. ldlhen it is de-Figure 2 is a transverse vertical sectio sired to use the utensil `forboiling the plate on the line 2 2 of Figure 1. 15 is removed and the potor boiler 22, shown ce YFigure 3 is a horizontal. section on the inFigure 5, is placed in the opening 1/1,

line 3-3 of Figure 1. said pot resting by its flange 23 on the plateFigure i is an end View of my improved 13 at said opening 14:. roaster.I would state furthermore that vvhile the Figure 5 is an'eiid view of apot for boilillustrative example constitutes a practical ing foods andfitted to be supported by a embodiment. of my invention, I do not liinitcharacteristic element of the roaster. myself strictly t0 the exactdetails herein In 'the illustrated example of my invenillustrated,since, manifestly, the same can tion, a body 10 is provided with aclosed be considerably varied without departure bottoni and an open top,the said open top from the spirit of the invention as defined in 3oreceiving a cover 11. At the interior of the the appended claim.

body 10 ledges 12 are provided at opposite I claim: ends or oppositesides. and these support A cooking utensil includingaliollow body, aperforated partition 13 which tapers a perforated plate removablysupported downwardly toward a central opening 14 Within thebody belowthe top thereof, said which is adapted to receive a perforated platesloping on all sides toward the central plate 15 resting on ledges orflanges 1G of area of the plate and a removable central plate 13 at thecentral opening. Below the portion on said plate, said plate having anperforated plate 13 and extending at four opening at said removableportion adapted sides of the body 10 are deflector flanges 17 to supporta boiling vessel. flaring upwardly so as to cause the drip from theroasting 'food to be directed toward RUTH REA HAFFNER.

